Dark Ether

My thoughts would be to go with a power set that would add some more debuffs, like the -To Hit in the Dark attacks or the -Rech in Ice or Psi, or -Def in Rad or the -Resist in Sonic.

For a controller, I'd look at the pets as well - I prefer Ice's Jack for the hold plus range and melee attacks, and the Dark pet for the heals and immobs and debuffing. If you want damage, fire would be the way to go. For overall mitigation, I like Earth for the mass knockdown from Earthquake...it's worked wonders against mobs, keeping them from attacking at all for a while. The stone pet is durable and does decent damage, but is as dumb as a box of rocks, and may well decide to just run off and aggro another mob instead of dealing with the one you're engaging.


If you're wanting Cold primary for a Def, and were it mine, I'd probably go Cold/Dark or Cold/Rad, or Ice/Cold or Fire/Cold for a 'troller if you wanted /Cold there.


But, really, all the sets have something to offer, and I think you could make them work just fine.

The answer is that those other floating islands with the pools and waterfalls aren't there just for looks.

Welcome to the game!!

Take care of what you need to and what's most important - we'll keep a spot warm for ya!

Now I want Decapitating Kick for my scrapper....


(I know, I know!)

I liked the female, male, and huge walking animations. Thanks to the animation team, BaBs!


I did /bug the backwards walk - not sure if it's a bug or the way it needs to work, but you spin and walk towards the camera, so you're not too aware of where you're going.

The stairs are a bit jittery, but I'm liking it a lot!!!

Nah, it's the costumes. Always the costumes. Need more slots!!!

<leaves warm cookies and cold milk> <- that's the best!

The event is cool, but only for Halloween. It's already getting tough to get teams for it - people are done with it for now on my main server.

Now if it were to be only a couple times a year outside that and maybe in one zone each side each time, I'd be for it.

I'd like to work in a place where none of this is nsfw.


Nice job!

All right - to your corners, and come out sketching!

Yep, still going. Look for us on Infinity Thursday nights. There's a chat channel that you can get in to, as well.

Edit: My global is @DarkEther ... if you can't find anyone on, beep me.

I'm not in the game, so I can't look at the recipe and crafted prices, but I would look at sets that aren't top end that provide a Def bonus and/or a Recharge Time Reduction. Acc bonuses are another good one. Stuff like:

Crushing Impact
Recactive Armour
Serendipity
Scirocco's Dervish
Posi's Blast
Mako's Bite
LotG
Thunderstrike

I could be mistaken, but I believe if you're on trial you need to buy a full version of the game. Those include a month of time, so the net cost is like $5. I'd recommend the Mac special edition so you get the mission teleporter and a costume set. The Architect Edition one unlocks one costume set of your choice between two previoue add-on packs, but doesn't have the teleporter.

You can use the Mac edition on non-Mac's. It's just the code for the goodies that will apply to your account.

There needs to be some sort of happy medium here. On past events, it took a long time to get the vampires done. As it is now, zombies are the last ones I get, which were the most common previously.

For characters past a certain level this is usually not an issue. For lower levels and for squishier and many defender/controller types, there isn't the level of damage available yet, nor the HPs, to handle bosses, particularly ones that debuff and/or cannot be held/immobed.

On one of my lower level controllers I clicked one door, got two werewolves, and promptly got smacked, and hard. I fortunately had my Raptor pack already, so I could fly and keep on one enough with my vet powers to take it down. The other I had to drone before it could hit me with another boulder. If it had been the normal zombies and one werewolf I might have been okay, or at least had a chance. If it had been even one vampire (let alone Vamp Lord) or a Crone, I wouldn't have even managed what I did.

As it's getting late in the event, people are not wanting to do the banner event or the ToTing nearly as much, so teaming is much tougher.

I know why they extended the event, but the people on my normal server are pretty much done with it by now, it seems. The banner events, due to damage scaling issues, are not workable with one 50 and the rest lowbies, because the damage dealt is nearly negligible, except from Nem Staff, etc. Yesterday, all but one of these was a total failure: due to the lack of higher level people, the banners were never vulnerable.


Some thing to take into consideration for next time:

1. Damage scaling with SSK does not allow a lowbie to deal any reasonable damage on their pool powers, only on vet powers.

2. The longer an event goes on, the less people are interested in doing it later on in that event.

3. ToT door foe scaling and numbers or Lts and Bosses is too much for lower level characters, even when SSKed (see #1).

4. ToT Lts and Bosses with mezz powers or other special attacks versus a lowbie is no fight at all - it's a visit to the hospital ward they'll name after you for your frequent visits.

I have a few:


Gentleman Calder (sorta Midnighters-ish):





Carnie Luv (ex-Carnie):





Code 254 (PPD):






Dara Corey (Arachnos):






Sharon Payne (Fortunata):





and, Incise (of the Hellraiser faction ):